My first big Paris trip taught me more than any guidebook. Some lessons came easily, like how good the metro is. Others came the hard way, like leaving Versailles after a few …
Lupin turned Paris into a heist map. Netflix’s French series follows Assane Diop, played by Omar Sy, whose father was wrongly accused of stealing a necklace that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, …
We visited Versailles on a guided tour from Paris, and for a first visit I highly recommend one. We went inside the palace, and it was every bit as opulent as its …
Two days in Paris won’t cover everything. The Louvre alone could fill both of them. What two days can do is give a first-time visitor the highlights in a sensible order, with …
I have seen Toronto from the top of 1,776 stairs and from a picnic lawn across the harbour. In between, I have walked under sharks at the foot of the CN Tower, …
We arrived at the Shangri-La in Toronto on a snowy December night, and the entrance alone sets high expectations. Rising, a huge stainless steel tree branch covered in a flock of birds, …
I was lucky with my timing. On the day I visited the Royal Ontario Museum, Earth: An Immersive Journey was on in the Philosopher’s Gallery on Level 1, and it turned out …
On Boxing Day, with snow coming down over University Avenue, we went for brunch at Cafe Landwer, just across from the Shangri-La. Friends in Toronto had told me about it, and one …
After the Dangerous Lagoon, with its sharks gliding overhead, Planet Jellies is a change of pace. The rooms are dark, the only light comes from the tanks, and the jellyfish drift through …
The first thing I saw at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto was a gold ceiling. Walking in through the rotunda, I had the impression I was entering a Byzantine basilica. It …
Every December, Reign restaurant at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto serves a festive dinner, and we booked it for Christmas Day 2025. I hesitated at first. How could a restaurant beat …